2018 Baseball Roster
Roster
Tanner Allen
- Position:
- INF/OF
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 181
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Theodore, Ala.
- High School/Previous School:
- UMS-Wright Prep
Career Notes & Records
Draft: Chosen in the 36th round of the 2017 MLB First Year Player Draft by the Chicago Cubs...Selected in the 34th round of the 2019 MLB First Year Player Draft by the Colorado Rockies...Drafted in the fourth round (No. 118 overall) of the 2021 MLB First Year Player Draft by the Miami Marlins.
Career: Ranks tied for No. 20 on the career triples charts (7)...Sits tied for No. 26 on the career doubles list (43).
Season: 2019: Ranks tied for No. 8 on the single season doubles charts (22).
Game: 2019: Equaled the school record for at-bats with eight against LSU (5/22) at the SEC Tournament.
International: Competed for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team during the summer of 2019...Appeared in 12 of 14 games with 11 starts for Team USA.
2021 (Senior Season)
Awards: Earned All American OF… First Team All SEC… SEC Specialty Award winner of SEC Player of the Year… ABCA National Player of the Year… C Spire Ferriss Trophy winner… ABCA First-Team All-South Region… NCAA Starkville Regional All-Tournament Team… College World Series All-Tournament Team… Named unanimous First Team by the following publications: American Baseball Coaches Association, Baseball America, College Baseball Foundation, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, D1Baseball, National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, Perfect Game.
Season: Appeared in 67 games with 67 starts...All 67 starts came in right field...Season high batting average (.383) and on-base percentage (.456)...Career high home runs in a season (11)...Career high hits (100) and runs (72) in a season...Season high total bases (162)...Season high triples (5)...Most runs batted in (66)...Highest multiple hit games on the team (32)...Highest multiple RBI games on the team (20)...Most at bats in a game (7) on April 30,2021 against Texas A&M...Hit a walk-off solo home run against Texas A&M on April 30,2021...Scored 4 runs against Vanderbilt on June 29, 2021 (Omaha, Neb.).
Texas (2/20): Batted .400 in five at bats. TCU (2/21): One walk in three at bats. Texas Tech (2/22): Walked twice in three plate appearances. Jackson State (2/24): Through three at bats, scored three runs and hit one double. Tulane (2/26-28): Collected five hits in 12 at bats in the three-game series to go along with five RBIs...Hit first home run of the season (2/27). Southern Miss (3/3): In four at bats, scored one run with two hits and one RBI. Kent State (3/5-7): Collected three hits and three RBIs in 12 at bats during the three-game series. Grambling (3/9): Through four at bats, had four RBIs with one walk and one home run. Louisiana (3/10): One hit in four at-bats, a stolen base and a run scored. Eastern Michigan (3/12-3/14): Went 4-11 in the series, doubled, scored three runs, two RBIs, and a stolen base. Samford (3/16): Recorded one RBI and scored a run. LSU (3/19-3/21): Three hits through 11 at-bats in the series, two RBIs, two runs scored, and a stolen base. North Alabama (3/24): Went 3-3 with a double, picked up 3 RBIs and scored two runs. Arkansas (3/26-3/28): Went 4-13 in the series with a solo home run, scored two runs and collected two RBIs. Kentucky (4/1-4/3): 2-7 with two walks, two RBIs, and a run scored. Southern (4/6): Doubled and walked in three at-bats. Auburn (4/9-4/11): 5-12 with two home runs, doubled and tripled, picked up nine RBIs and six runs scored. Ole Miss (4/16-4/18): 4-11 in the series with two triples and a double, walked, drove in three RBIs and scored twice, hit a go-ahead three-run triple in the rubber match. UAB (4/20): 2-3 with a double and hit-by-pitch, scored three runs and picked up a stolen base. Vanderbilt (4/23-4/25): 5-12 in the series with a home run, two doubles, walked, and scored three runs. Texas A&M (4/30-5/1): 8-17 in the series, doubled and homered, scored four runs and recorded two RBIs, hit a walk-off solo home run in the bottom of the 12th inning in game one. The Citadel (5/5): 1-4 with a run scored. South Carolina (5/7-5/9): 8-13 in the series with a triple and a home run, drove in six RBIs, scored four runs, walked twice and stole a base. Missouri (5/13-5/15): 7-14 with a double and a triple, drove in two RBIs and scored two runs. Jacksonville State (5/18): Went 1-2 with a walk and a run scored. Alabama (5/20-5/22): 5-14 in the series with two doubles, drove in five RBIs and scored one run. Florida [SECT] (5/26): Doubled and scored a run in three at-bats. Tennessee [SECT] (5/27): Went 1-4 with one RBI. NCAA Regionals (6/4-6/7): Went 2-4 with an RBI and a run scored with a stolen base vs. Samford (6/4) … 3-5 with a double, walk, and three RBIs, two runs scored and a stolen base vs. VCU (6/5) … 2-3 with two walks and a run scored vs. Campbell (6/7). NCAA Super Regionals vs. Notre Dame (6/12-6/14): Went 3-7 in the series with two home runs, a double and two walks, scored five runs and drove in four RBIs. 2021 College World Series (6/20-30): Went 0-4 in win vs. Texas (6/20)...Collected 3 RBIs with one home run vs. Virginia (6/22)...Combined three hits in nine at bats with one RBI and one stolen base vs. Texas (6/25-26)... Through 3 at bats, one hit, one run, one double and a hit by pitch vs. Vanderbilt (6/28)... Scored four runs with two hits, one walk, one stolen base and one hit by pitch vs. Vanderbilt (6/29)... In five at bats, scored one run, two hits and one walk for the win vs. Vanderbilt (6/30).
2020 (Junior Season)
Season: Appeared in eight games with seven starts...All seven starts came in right field...Missed eight total games due to injury, including the final five games of the season (hand)...Carried a five-game reached base streak to start the season, which extended his career-long reached base streak to 26 games, a streak that started on May 4, 2019 at Texas A&M...Owned two multi-hit contests and one multi-RBI game...Produced the game-winning run once: at Long Beach State (2/29)...Was hit-by-pitch to plate one RBI versus Oregon State (2/22) in his only pinch hit appearance of the season.
Wright State (2/14-16): Started the season opener, before missing the next three games due to injury...Walked and scored a run in the opener. Oregon State (2/21-23): Appeared in two games with one start...Plated one RBI with a bases loaded hit-by-pitch in the fourth inning of the middle game in the series...Went 1-for-4 with a run scored in the series finale. Texas Southern (2/25): Reached base three times with a single and two walks. Alcorn State (2/26): Was on base four times with two walks and a 2-for-3 night at the plate...Doubled to drive in one RBI...Scored once. at Long Beach State (2/28-3/1): Started all three games...Went 2-for-5 with a pair of extra base hits in the middle game of the series...Broke a scoreless tie with a sixth-inning, two-RBI triple to right-center field, which he ultimately scored on after an error by the center fielder...Doubled to drive in one RBI in the seventh inning...Scored one run in the series finale.
2019 (Sophomore Season)
Awards: Earned NCAA Starkville Regional All-Tournament Team at first base...Selected third-team All-America by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper...Named first-team All-SEC at first base...Tabbed SEC All-Tournament Team at first base after leading all first basemen in batting average (.313), extra base hits (2) and total bases (7)...Earned Perfect Game National Hitter of the Week honors and Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Player of the Week Honor Roll laurels after batting .538 with 13 RBIs during opening weekend versus Youngstown State.
Season: Started at first base in all 64 games...Hit walk-off, RBI double in rubber game of Southern Miss series (2/24).
Youngstown State (2/15-16): Batted .538 with seven hits, five going for extra bases Hit two home runs and tallied 13 RBIs in the season-opening series...Collected multi-hit and multi-RBI performances in all three contests...Doubled and homered in game one of the series...Went 2-for-3 with a double, home run and six RBIs in the middle game...Had three hits in the final game against the Penguins...Also doubled and plated three runs. UAB (2/20): Walked in one of four plate appearances. Southern Miss (2/22-24): Collected three hits in twelve at-bats in the three-game series to go along with four RBIs...Earned two RBIs on one hit in game two...Hit a walk-off, RBI double in rubber game of series. Jackson State (2/26): Drove in two runs via a sacrifice fly and a hit-by-pitch. Southeastern Louisiana (2/27): Doubled, walked and scored two runs. Frisco Classic (3/1-2): Scored a pair of runs and drove in one RBI. vs. Sam Houston State (3/1): Earned an RBI via sacrifice fly...Also collected a hit and scored a run. vs. Texas Tech (3/2): Walked and scored the eventual game-winning run. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3/6): Collected an RBI on a single. Maine (3/8-10): Went 0-for-8 in series-opening doubleheader...Bounced back with a single, walk, stolen base and two runs scored in game three. Grambling (3/13): Reached base in all six plate appearances with three hits and three walks...Drove in two RBIs and scored four times. at Florida (3/15-16): Collected four hits and scored three runs in the weekend series...Went 2-for-5 in game one and scored...Had two hits, two runs and an RBI in the middle game. Little Rock (3/19): Doubled and drove in an RBI. Auburn (3/22-24): Started all three games at first base...Reached base at least twice in each game...Singled, walked and scored one run in the series opener...Singled, walked twice and scored two runs in the middle game of the series...Doubled in the first inning of the series finale...Plated one RBI with a fourth-inning single. Mississippi Valley State (3/26): Reached base safely three times with a hit and two walks...Also reached on an error...Scored three runs. LSU (3/28-30): Started all three games at first base...Reached base once in each game...Drew one walk in the series opener and series finale...Singled for his lone hit of the weekend in the middle game of the series. ULM (4/3): Homered for his lone hit of the game...Also walked...Scored two runs. at Tennessee (4/5-7): Started all three games at first base...Singled to drive in the eventual game-winning in the series opener...Homered as part of a three-hit day in the series finale...Chipped in a pair of singles in the finale. South Alabama (4/10): Went 3-for-4 with five RBIs in a start at first base...Notched a two-RBI single in the third inning to give State the lead...Doubled in the fifth inning...Hit a three-run home run in the seventh, which plated the eventual game-winning runs. Alabama (4/12/14): Started all three games at first base...Hit .538 (7-for-13) on the weekend and added two walks...Posted four doubles and scored five runs in the series...Doubled as part of a two-hit night in the series opener...Also walked and scored a run in the seventh inning...Posted one hit and walked in the middle game of the series...Drew a base on balls and scored in the fourth...Posted four hits - three doubles - and scored three times in the finale...Also drove in one RBI...Doubled in one RBI in the second and came around to score...Doubled and scored in the fourth inning...Singled and scored in the seventh. Texas Southern (4/16): Reached base twice in the game...Singled in the third inning...Was hit by a pitch to start the eighth inning and came around to score the eventual game winning run. at Arkansas (4/18-20): Reached base six times in the series - four hits and two walks...Posted a pair of hits in the series opener...Walked and scored a run in the middle game of the series...Reached base three times in the series finale, going 2-for-3 at the plate with a walk...Also scored one run. vs. Ole Miss (4/23): Went 1-for-3 with a walk...Walked and scored a run in the sixth inning...Singled to drive in one RBI in the seventh inning. Georgia (4/26-28): Opened the series with a 3-for-4 day at the plate and reached base five times...Scored one run and drove in four RBIs in the series opener...Drew a bases loaded walk to drive in an RBI...Singled in a run in the fourth and plated two runs in the seventh with a single...Doubled and scored a run in the eighth...Walked and scored a run in the middle game of the series...Drove in three RBIs in the series finale...Doubled in two RBIs in the fifth inning...Had a sacrifice fly in the seventh. at Texas A&M (5/3-4): Started all three games at first base...Laid down a sacrifice bunt in the eighth inning to move two runners into scoring position...Singled for his lone hit of the second game in the series...Drew a bases loaded walk in the series finale to push the third run of the game across in the fourth inning. Memphis (5/8): Reached base in all five plate appearances...Went 4-for-4 with a walk...Scored twice and drove in one RBI...Singled in the first, third, fifth and sixth innings...Came around to score in the fifth inning...Drove in an RBI in the sixth inning...Was intentionally walked in the eighth and came around to score the game winning run from first base on an Elijah MacNamee double. at Ole Miss (5/10-12): Hit .538 (7-for-13) on the weekend with five RBIs in three starts at first base...Opened the series with a 3-for-4 day at the plate...Drove in both RBIs with two-out hits in the 2-0 series-opening win...Plated the first run with a third-inning RBI double...Knocked in the second run with an RBI single in the fifth...Plated two RBIs with a seventh-inning single to break a 4-4 tie...Reached base in his final four plate appearances, with three singles and a walk...Drew a bases loaded walk in the nine-run fourth inning for his lone RBI and came around to score. Louisiana Tech (5/14): Walked and scored a run. South Carolina (5/16-18): Hit .800 (12-for-15) with an .812 on-base percentage and 1.200 slugging percentage in three starts at first base...Posted multiple hits and multiple RBIs in each game of the three-game series...Opened the series with a 5-for-5 effort, four runs scored and three RBIs...Drew a bases loaded walk in the third inning...Drove in two RBIs with a single in the fifth inning...Went 4-for-5 in the middle game of the series with three RBIs and a run scored...Doubled to drive in a run in the seventh...Tripled and plated a pair of runs in the eighth... Had three hits in the series finale...Doubled to plate a run in the seventh inning...Singled to drive in his second RBI of the game in the eighth inning. SEC Tournament (5/22-24): Started all three games at first base and earned SEC All-Tournament Team at the position. vs. LSU (5/22): Was 3-for-8 with one RBI...Also reached via hit-by-pitch...Doubled to plate the first run of the game in the first inning. vs. Vanderbilt (5/23): Went 1-for-4 with a double. vs. LSU (5/24): Was 1-for-4 with one RBI...Singled to plate a run in the third inning. NCAA Starkville Regional (5/31-6/2): Hit .429 (6-for-14) with four runs scored and two RBIs. Southern (5/31): Singled to lead off the fifth inning and came around to score. Central Michigan (6/1): Went 4-for-5 with two runs scored and one RBI...Singled and scored in the first inning...Led off the ninth inning with a solo home run. Miami (Fla.) (6/2): Singled to open the scoring for State in the fourth inning and came around to score. NCAA Super Regional (6/8-9): Started both games at first base....Collected a pair of hits and drove in one RBI in the series opener...Singled in the first inning...Singled to plate a run in the fourth inning...Had a base hit in the second game of the series.
2018 (Freshman Season)
Awards: Garnered Freshman All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper...Named to the Southeastern Conference All-Freshman team as a first baseman...Selected SEC Freshman of the Week on May 21 after hitting .538 with seven hits, five runs scored, one double, two home runs and six RBIs against No. 1 Florida in a weekend set...Garnered all-tournament honors at the Kleberg Bank College Classic (2/23-25) and Shriners College Classic (3/2-4).
Season: Started all 68 games as a true freshman...Started games at first base (43), third base (5), left field (2) and designated hitter (18)...Hit third in 60 of 68 games...Reached base safely in 56 of 68 games played...Owned a season-best 11-game hitting streak from April 21-May 11, which was also his longest reached base streak of the season...Tied for No. 2 on the team with 24 multi-hit games, including five games with three hits...Posted eight multi-RBI games, including two with four RBIs...Homered against Vanderbilt (3/17), hit two home runs versus Florida (3/17 & 3/18) and went deep twice in the NCAA Regional, both coming vs. Oklahoma (6/1 & 6/3).
Rankings: Sat No. 39 nationally and No. 2 in the SEC in triples (5)...Ranked No. 83 in the NCAA and No. 7 in the SEC in doubles (18)...Was No. 91 nationally and No. 10 in the SEC with 79 hits.
at Southern Miss (2/16-18): Started all three games, two at third base and one in the outfield...Collected his first collegiate hit with a sixth-inning single in game two of the series...Reached base three times in game two of the series, with a single, triple and walk, scoring one run. Kleberg Bank College Classic (2/23-25): Hit .400 with four hits – three doubles – one walk and five RBIs. vs. UC Santa Barbara (2/23): Double, scored a run and drove in an RBI. vs. Nicholls State (2/24): Went 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles...drove in four RBIs and scored twice. at McNeese State (2/28): Had three hits and scored a run. Shriners College Classic (3/2-4): Owned a .600 on-base percentage with five hits and four walks...Had two RBI and two runs scored. vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (3/2): Singled, walked twice and scored a run...Drove in one RBI. vs. Houston (3/3): Reached base three times, via two singles and a walk. vs. Sam Houston State (3/4): Had two hits – including a triple – walked, scored once and had one RBI. Utah Valley (3/9-11): Had two hits in each of the last two games of a three-game series...Doubled twice and drove in two in the second game of a doubleheader...Doubled and drove in one in the series finale. Vanderbilt (3/16-18): Had three hits and walked in each game of a three-game series...Had two hits, including his first career home run, in the middle game...Singled, scored and drove in an RBI in the series final. Alcorn State (3/20): Walked twice and scored two runs. at Missouri (3/23-25): Had hits in each of the three games...Opened the weekend with a pair of hits. at LSU (3/29-31): Chipped in two hits in the Bulldogs game two victory. Southern (4/4): Singled and drove in a pair of RBIs. Ole Miss (4/7-8): Reached base five times and drove in a team-best six RBI in the three-game series...Went 3-for-4 with a double, four RBI and two runs scored in the series-opening win...Drove in one run in the middle game of the series...Singled and drove in an RBI in the series-clinching win. at Alabama State (4/11): Singled twice...Collected one RBI and score one run. at Auburn (4/13-15): Had one hit in each game of the series, with each going for extra bases...Tripled and drove in one during the series opener...Doubled, walked and scored a run in the middle game of the series...Doubled in the series finale. at Memphis (4/18): Tripled and scored a run. at Arkansas (4/20-21): Reached base twice in both games of a doubleheader to close out the series...Had an RBI single, walked and scored a run in the middle game of a three-game series...Singled, doubled and scored a run in the series finale. vs. Ole Miss (4/24): Tripled and scored a run in the Governor’s Cup victory. Texas A&M (4/27-29): Collected four hits in the series, including two in the series finale. at Alabama (5/4-6): Reached base seven times, including five hits, with two runs scored and two RBIs in the series...Singled twice in game one and scored a run in the seven-run eighth inning that sparked a come-from-behind victory...Notched two hits, scored once and plated one RBI in the middle game of the series...Walked and scored a run, and doubled in an RBI in the series-clinching series finale. vs. Troy (5/9): Had two hits and one RBI in the mid-week win. at Kentucky (5/11-13): Collected three hits, three runs scored and one RBI in the series...Had two hits, including a double, scored twice and drove in one in the series finale victory. Florida (5/17-19): Reached base a team-high eight times with seven hits and a walk, to go along with six RBI and five runs scored in the series...Collected two hits, including a two-run home run in the eighth inning of the series-opening win...Had three hits, three RBIs and two runs scored in the middle game, with a third-inning double, fourth-inning single and fifth-inning three-run home run...Singled twice, walked, scored two runs and notched one RBI in the final victory of a series sweep. SEC Tournament (5/22): vs. LSU (5/22): Singled twice and drove in two RBIs. NCAA Tallahassee Regional (6/1-4): Totaled six hits – five for extra bases – with five runs scored and five RBIs...Reached base eight total times in five games. vs. Oklahoma (6/1): Homered, walked and scored two runs. vs. Samford (6/3): Tied the school single-game record with three doubles...Went 3-for-4 with a walk, one run scored and one RBI...Drove in the eventual game-winning run with a double in the eighth inning. vs. Oklahoma (6/3): Clubbed a seventh-inning three-run home run for his lone hit. vs. Oklahoma (6/4): Walked and scored MSU’s first run in the fourth inning...Added a single in the game. NCAA Nashville Super Regional (6/8-10): at Vanderbilt: Singled twice, scored a run and drove in one RBI in the opener...Had one hit, walked once, scored a run and posted one RBI...Drove in the go-ahead run with an 11th-inning double. College World Series (6/16-23): vs. North Carolina (6/19): Singled, collected an RBI and scored a run in the eight-run eighth inning. vs. Oregon State (6/22): Singled for his lone hit.
High School
Lettered five times for head coach Kevin Raley at UMS-Wright Prep...Won consecutive state titles during his junior and senior season...Garnered second-team All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball as a senior...Earned Honorable Mention All-America and first-team All-Southeast Region by Perfect Game as a senior...Tabbed first-team Underclass All-America by Perfect Game as a junior...Tabbed Alabama Sports Writers Association 4A Player of the Year as a junior...Three-time ASWA 4A first-team All-State selection as a sophomore, junior and senior...Named to the AL.com All-State team as a junior and senior...Named to the 40-man roster for the USA Baseball 18U National Team Trials...Lettered three times in football...Started three years at quarterback...Chose Mississippi State over LSU and Auburn.
Personal
Born Tanner Gregory Allen on June 5, 1998 in Theodore, Alabama...Son of Windi and Greg Allen...Majoring in human development and family studies.
